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Originally Posted by Graham
I think you miss the point.
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No, since
I made the point and you want to argue with it, it's
you that's missing the point.
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Originally Posted by Graham
So those are *some* things that *some* British people do. However they're not obligatory to be "British" are they? Nor are supporting Man Utd/ Liverpool/ Arsenal/ whoever, or watching cricket or going Morris Dancing or going to church on a Sunday or...
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First you ask me to describe the British indigenous culture, and then you want to argue against it on the basis of it being 'obligatory'. I didn't say it was, nor is cultural identity based things that are obligatory.
I sometimes think you only ask a question so that you can argue about someone's answer/opinion.
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I don't drink. I can't remember the last time I ate Roast Pork, does that make me "not British"? Of course not.
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Now you're being facetious.
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Originally Posted by Graham
The point I was trying to make is not what *I* would necessarily do, but that there exist in many cultures/ groups "rules" that you don't drop your mates in the cacky. I also didn't say that it was a good thing.
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Really? let me remind you:
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And you don't grass your mates up to the Police, teacher, whoever, no matter whether you're black, white, asian or anything else.
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That sounds very much like
your opinion, rather than your opinion on another culture/group.
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Originally Posted by andyl
Has anyone got a point to make anymore?
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Not when it is impossible to stay on topic because someone continually takes the discussion off at a tangent.